For till JOUKNAI.. ;iiri(i:iu I'nlriof ism. i;y tub i:kv. hkanklin riEiici:. Ah Amcricaus we hnve never learned to distinguish country, from government. A government of the people, by the people, and for the people, is home and native land to us, and to subserve it we deem the highest style of patriotism. It is of thi6 Bort of patriotism that we shall speak. AVe cannot think of a Democracy as n collective whole, but, as a col lection of parts. The character of the parts.will determine the charac ter of the whole, just as the grains, of which a piece of metal is com posed, will indicate whether the lump is gold or iron. The moral citizen makes the moral govern ment; the Christian determines the government as Christian ; the citi zen who rules his 6pirit, is a law unto himself, has the strength of self-control, insures the stability and perpetuity of republican institu tions. Fundamental, then, to self government, is the sell-governing citizen. A free government com posed of libertine...

THE JOURNAL. WEDNESDAY, .VUG. 10, 18-l. Entered at the Pot-uftici, Culuuihu. Nob., as euomI cla mutter. Denver has sixty paupers in her pour house. The etate levy for 1881 has beeu fixed at 5)J mills. Building iu Salt Lake is said to be unprecedented. There are 232 convicts in the Lin coln penitentiary. Stock shipments from Wyoming have begun in earnest. Whitehall, Mich., was visited last week by a $120,000 fire. The Jews are being persecuted at Hammerstein, West Prussia. Railroad fare lat week from Xew York to Chicago continued at $7. A German immigration society has been formed at Atchison, Kan. A slight shock of earthquake was felt the other night at Bangor, Me. Military headquarters are to be removed from Ft. Omaha to Omaha. Lincoln is raising $1,900 to secure the soldiers' re-union in September. For the present year the increased value of Boston property is $25, 000,000. It is said that counterfeit $5 gold pieces are in circulation at Arapa hoe, Neb. Five thousand sheep are on ...

V Y- THE JOURNAL. WEDNESDAY, Al'Gl'ST 1, lSl. Communication. u Insure insertion in the next isne, kMtM be m baud on Mondays: if length, u Thur.dx prrceetnr ie-day." Adverti-enient. f whatever clsv, should be iH haad Sy DMin. Teda . Advertisement- under this bead IS ct-. line iirt insertion. Wet. a line each fettbaeueDt in-ertien. V. T. Price returned home last week. The grass is dying upon the knolls. Mrs. Benj. Spietman is conva lescent. Alcohol for sale at "Win. Ryan's, on 11th st. "Wanted Girl to do housework. A. M. Pt. A. "W. Doland spent the Sab bath hi this city. It you want groceries at Omaha prices ca.II on Lamb. Mr. Roen went to Omaha Mon day to meet a brother. Clinton and Marshall Smith, jr., are visiting their cousin- at Geuoa. It you want a choice article of Michigan cider vinegar call on Win. Becker. Cbas. Mclntire arrived in the citv troni Missouri, with a number of horses. Earnet Walters attended the fuueral of a sifter at Schuyler on Saturday. Follow the crowd to "Fi...

, Humphrey Stem. The people hurc seem to mean business. Of late there ha9 becu another elevator erected, anil several other buildings; also tevoral addi tions to buildings, oue, two stories high, 22x00 feet. A store is now beingbuilt which is 28x60 feet. A new lumber yard is also to be seen here which adds to the business of the town. All crops around here that were put in in season and well cared for, look extremely well, except wheat; that is light, and some pieces which were injured by the hail storm in June will not bo harvested. Oats yield uncommonly well. Y. For the Journal. LUlIe IIojk and Tobacco. Many parents do not know of half the bad habits that their little boys are forming. One of the most com mon is that of using tobacco. And, as "men arc made of little boys," and as bad habits that are formed in early life stick to them with iron grasp, how important that parents should look sharply after their do ings I Many little boys chew tobac co uuknown to their parents, until ...

THE JOURNAL. n:ixi:sn.vv, aug. it, issi. Kntereilat Jhe Pot-oHR"!-, Columbus, ScU as fccvond cla mutter. The stock yards at Omaha arc to be quadrupled in size. A $20,000 butter packing house is to be built in Lincoln. The Norfolk Journal is putting up a building for itself. West Point is to have a new school-house to coat $11,300. A new directory shows that Oma ha has a population of 3S,000. The horses at Camden, Ohio, are suffering from a terrible disease. President Garfield baB lost forty pounds during his sickness. Central and southern lown is Buffering greatly for want of rain. Ten burglaries were committed at Des Moines one night last week. Albionites regard a hook aud ladder company as a great neces sity. August Miller, a laborer , of Fremont, died from sunstroke last week. There were 08 deaths and 35 births in Omaha during the month of July. Omaha has 3,000 dogs and the Republican says 500 could do the business. Two thousand men it is said are out of work at the Susquehanna c...

T i ( I i t if THE JOURNAL. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 10, 1&51. Communication;-, to Inurt- insert inn lu the mxt ihMii, Mioulri le in hand on Mondays; it length, on Tliurtla prvneiliu ihMic-day. Advert ioi'incnf, of whatever ola.., hnuld he in hand ly Dtton, TuPMla. AilvertlMTnents under this bead 15 etc. a. line first Iutrtion, 10 ct. :i line each Mlhseuileut iu-ertion. E. T. Graham was in the city Saturday. Tuesday 1 o'clock p. m., 101 in the shade. Alcohol for eale at Win. Ryan's, on lllh st. Abner Turner returned from the west Sunday. Frank Galhraith of Albion was in the city Monday. If you want groceries at Omaha prices call on Lamb. Mra. Jane North returned Tues day from her western trip. Dr. E. L. Siggins of Omaha, was in town the first of the week. Phil. Cain will ship a car load of potatoes to Omaha this week. The Colfax County Fair is to be held Sept. 2Sth, 29th and :$0th. Kev. J. Q A. Fleharty is sick with billious fever at Harvard. Forty cars of stock passed east on the U. 1...

tu 1 1 hi wwm TIIK STATU FAIR. Nome of llicAcw I'ejiturc and Special AftructioBM. Geu. J. C. McBridc, secretary of the board of agriculture, returned yesterday from Omaha, where he had been in attendance at the meet ing of the board of managers. This morning ho gave the Olobe consid erable information concerning the coming fair and some of its leading attractions. The fair next month will Biirpass in many features any other that have heretofore been held. The great attraction, the central figure of observation, will be graud electric light. Gen. McBride, dur ing hie recent visit to the east, made a contract with the Brush Electric Light company, of Cleveland, to light the buildings and grounds. The exhibition will be open at night the 6ame as during the day. In fact, it is claimed that the buildings will be ligher than in daytime. Each lamp has a luminous power equal to 2,000 caudles. The chariot races will be run at night by these lights. The audience in the amphitheatre will be ab...

THE JOURNAL. WEDNESDAY, AUG. 21, l-Sl. Entered at the Post-office, Columbus-, Neh., a iecond clash uiaitur. The city.of Mexico is about to es tablish a national bank. G. A. Adams was appointed last week, revenue storekeeper at Kansas City, Mo. Chinatown a district of Xevada City, Colorado, burned the other night. Loss, .$12,000. A xewsi'apeb published at Mos cow has been suspended four months by the government. Yellow fever is prevailing in the French colony at Senegal, on the west coast of Africa. The new direct line of the Wabash railroad between St. Louis aud De troit was opened last week. The annual meeting of the West ern Associated Press whs held last week at Grand Rapids, Mich. Since the beginning of the present year, 3,110 miles of railroad have been built in the United States. The Free Masons of Missouri, Minnesota, Nebraska and Iowa held a three day's session last week in Kansas City. On Saturday week 1,461 immi grants landed at CaBtle Garden, New York, makiug a total of 7...

Wlkii K. V .1 r V - THE JOURNAL. WEDNESDAY, AUG I ST 2 J, 1881. Communications, to Insure insertion in the next issue, should he in hand on 3!Hiidny; if lengthy, on Thursdays preceding Usuv-day. Adverti.emeuts, of whatever clas-s, should he in Laud hy noon, Tueday. AderlifemVnts under thib head 15 otn. a line first insertion, 10 cts. aline each subsequent int-ertion. Rev. J. A. Hood was in the city yesterday. Alcohol for sale at Wra. Ryan's, on 11th st. Robt. Uhlig is ou his road home from Europe. Buckboard for 6ale cheap by John Wiggins. A. N. Irigs of Albion wa& in town Monday. J. P. Recker took a trip to Chi cago last week. "Wo hope Fullertoii will gel her proposed railroad. Col. Whittnoyer is improving rapidly in strength. Ice cream sociable this evening at the M. E. church. If you want groceries at Omaha prices call ou Lamb. Kramer is receiving an im mense new fall stock. G. M. Uartlett, State Treasurer, was in the city yesterday. A light shower yesterday morn ing didn't ev...

wmmmmmmm argi- -WJWff II A Tree Thnt Got .llml. A gentleman of tbis place has a tree which is a species of acacia. It was grown from a seed brought from Australia. The tree now a papling Borne eight feet in height, and is in full foliage and growing rapidly. It is leguminous, and very distinctly shows the characteristic of the mimosa or sensitive plant. Regularly every evening, about the time the chickens go to roost, the tree goes to roost. The leaves fold together and the ends of the tender twigs coil themselves up like the tail of a well-conditioned pig. After one of the twigs has been stroked or handled the leaves move uneasily and are in a sort of mild commotion for a minute or more. All thiB was known about the tree, but it was not until yesterday that it was discover ed that the tree had in it much more of life aud feeling than it had ever before been credited with. The tree being in quite a small pot, one which it was fast out-growing, it was thought best to give it one of m...

-mi r-'MXtrM'gl t -S1 HE JOURNAL. WEDNESDAY, AUG. 31, lb&l. Entered at the Poi-t-otlico, Coluinbu, Neb., a& t-ccond clans matter. Ex-Senator Platt has an income of $40,000 a year. A case of yellow fever was re cently reported at Key "West. The business part of Dangerfielil, Texas, was burned on the 24th. The cattle disease is bad in Logan, Ford, and McLean counties, III. The emperor of Germany is re ported to be in very poor health. Queen Victoria has approved the Irish land bill, which now be comes a law. Cork is king in Nebraska. Oma ha Bee. Yes.and the hog is prophet. Maud S. sprained her ankle and did not trot at Hartford last week, as announced. Raymond, a town in. Illinois, on the 23d had all its business houses destroyed by fire. The Tobacco crop in Oiio and Kentucky is suffering from long contiuued drouth. Richmond, Va., is suffering great inconvenience for tho want of a good supply of water. Coi.. J. B. Benton, commanding the Spriuj; field, Mass., arsenal, died on t...

r r- J il k f V i . $ r THE JOURNAL. WEDNESDAY, Al'dl'ST 31, lsftl. Communication-, to In-ure insertion in the next issue, should be in hand on Mondays; if lengthy, en Thursdays precedin i-xue-day." Advertisement, of whatever cla, should be in hand by neen. Turdays. Advertisements under this head 15 ots. a line first insertion, 10 cts. a line eaeh subsequent inertlen. H. G. Brindly had a horse to die Friday. Israel Gluck went to Chicago Sunday. Ashley Norton returned from Blair last week. The city school begin their fall sessions Sept. 5th. A. M. Jennings of Kearney was In the city Sunday. If you want groceries at Omaha prices call on Lamb. Kramer la receiving aa im mense new fall stock. Work on buildings at the Fair ground h progressing. Paul and Joe. Krause were down from Albion over Sunday. A number of David City folks oame over Sunday evening. There are fifteen applications for the rural school in dist. 1. Gua. Schroeder went to Albion Saturday, returning Monday. Prepare for the...

I &! !? THE JOURNAL. WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 7, 1SSI. Entered at the Post-office, Columbus, Neb., as t-ccotid class matter. The fund for Mrs. Garfield has reached $163,000. A baby weighing 32 pounds was born in "Washington, D. C. Axntjal fairs are ripe, and arc being gathered all over the country. A GBArr. vine at San Diego, Cal., bears five tons of fruit in a season. Good enough. TnE public debt was lowered dur ing August by $14,181,221. Hurrah for Windom. Two hundred and twenty-five cases of yellow fever in Havana 20 fatal last week. Bevj. I. Butler, aged 27, son of Gen B. F., died Sept 1st at Boston, of kidney disease. "Desperation' is more frequently the inspircr of successful effort than genius." Disraeli. Mrs. A. Lincoln' intends to spend the fall and winter with her son Robert, at "Washington. In 102 railroad accidents in the United States during July 38 per sons were killed and 120 wounded. It is reported that grain dealers of Nebraska City have been con tracting for new corn a...